This article proposes that Jonathan Edwards’ inquiry into the nature of theology continues the tradition of Protestant scholasticism, and appropriated medieval and early Protestant models of the systems of theology within ...

This article traces the life and times of Christoph Sandrock (1845–1930), a missionary with the Berlin Mission Society, during the Anglo Boer War at Springfontein in the southern Free State, South Africa. Based mainly ...

This research article examines the validity of Berger’s statement (Berger, 1999:2) that the assumption that we live in a secularised world is false (Berger is a sociologist of religion). Berger’s statement was followed ...

Not only did the English believe it was their right to colonise open spaces, they also believed that they had a God-given calling to cultivate all uncultivated land. They developed a theology of the land that held the ...

In this article the process of unification within the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM of SA) is described, using the minutes from the different councils of the respective Sections of the AFM and the reminiscences ...

The history of Mutira Mission began with the arrival of the first European missionary, the Rev. A.W. McGregor of the Church Missionary Society, and his team in 1908. Despite difficulties, the missionaries significantly ...

Belief in witchcraft is found across the world and in some societies alleged witches are persecuted and killed. This article explores the rise of false accusations of witchcraft and the resultant killings in South Africa ...

In this article the need for a geo-historical survey of the history of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa from the time of the first circumnavigations of the continent up to the present day is argued. It is important ...